Defined Contribution

The National Employment Savings Trust is heading for a capacity "car crash" as under-prepared employers cause a last minute stampede for auto-enrolment products, warns Hymans Robertson.

UK - Fidelity International has created a new defined contribution and Workplace Saving Business to be led by Julian Webb as part of a company restructuring exercise.

UK - Threadneedle is set to withdraw from the full service group personal pensions market in a bid to focus on its investment only offering.

Threadneedle is set to withdraw from the full service group personal pensions market in a bid to focus on its investment only offering.

Matthew Webb discusses how the benefits of defined contribution plans can be sold to employees and employers alike

The bundled provider market is facing a "capacity crunch" on the delivery of pension solutions for companies ahead of their auto-enrolment staging date, a consultant warns.

Defined contribution default funds need revising so that they combine the best of traditional lifestyle and target date funds, Standard Life says.

The disconnect between the desire to be secure in retirement and setting up an achievable financial plan is still prevalent among workers, research suggests.

Battle lines are being drawn over the open market option as ministers are set to decide on reform this autumn.

Britvic closed its defined benefit pension scheme to future accrual in April and switched all members to its existing defined contribution plan, results show.